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Criminal underworld fills void as states struggle due to coronavirus

Mexican drug cartels are distributing food and hand sanitiser as residents struggle because of the pandemic, while in Italy Mafia gangs are offering loans to the poor.

Anxiety, evasion and addiction: how Mexicans deal with endless violence

As the number of murders committed this year until November crosses 23,000, how are Mexicans coping with the macabre spectacles of death left for their consumption by cartels and killers?

Prison riot leaves four dead in Mexico's Tamaulipas state

A gun battle broke out between prisoners and security forces after authorities launched an operation to halt the smuggling of weapons inside a prison in Ciudad Victoria.